Tours

We will be hosting tours on Monday, November 13 to some of the leading organizations working on emerging technologies in Silicon Valley.

Each of the tours are limited to 25 people and are offered to attendees at the IDTechEx Show! only.

Tour 1 will depart at 12:30pm, Tour 2 will depart at 2:00pm and Tour 3 will depart at 12:00pm from the IDTechEx Show! Registration Desk at the Santa Clara Convention Center. Transport will be provided. Each tour is expected to last approx. 3 hours and you will be returned back to the Santa Clara Convention Center at the end of the tour.

How to apply

You must be registered for the event before being accepted for a place on the tours.

Tour 1. Monday, November 13

NextFlex

NextFlex®, America's Flexible Hybrid Electronics Manufacturing Institute, is a leading force in the Manufacturing USA network. It is a consortium of companies, academic institutions, non-profits, and state, local, and federal governments with a shared goal of advancing U.S. manufacturing of FHE. Since its formation in 2015, NextFlex's elite team of thought leaders, educators, problem solvers, and manufacturers have come together to collectively facilitate innovation, narrow the manufacturing workforce gap, and promote sustainable manufacturing ecosystems.

Kateeva

You will tour Kateeva's Global Headquarters in Newark. The multi-building campus combines business operations, as well as development and manufacturing operations in one location. The tour begins with a brief overview of Kateeva and its inkjet printing manufacturing equipment solution. From there, visitors will view four core components of Kateeva's operations, outlined below. They'll leave with a good snapshot of the business of innovating and building a complex manufacturing equipment solution for OLED mass-production.

Tour highlights

Process Lab. A mini-fab with state-of-the-art tools that are used to create finished devices in which the charge transport and emitting layers are deposited by inkjet printing.

Ink Lab . Kateeva formulates inks for OLED thin film encapsulation and future additional applications at its HQ. A brief description of Kateeva's capabilities will be described.

Engineering Lab. This is where Kateeva's large-size inkjet printing system development is done. A description of the systems currently in the lab will be provided.

Manufacturing Floor . A basic description of the manufacturing tools will be given, and capabilities highlighted

Monday, November 13Tour 1 will depart at 12:30pm from the IDTechEx Show! Registration Desk at the Santa Clara Convention Center. Transport will be provided. Each tour is expected to last approx. 3 hours and you will be returned back to the Santa Clara Convention Center at the end of the tour.

Monday, November 13Tour 2 will depart at 2:00pm from the IDTechEx Show! Registration Desk at the Santa Clara Convention Center. Transport will be provided. Each tour is expected to last approx. 3 hours and you will be returned back to the Santa Clara Convention Center at the end of the tour.

Tour 3. Monday, November 13

Zero Motorcycles

Zero Motorcycles is the next step in motorcycle evolution. By combining the best aspects of a traditional motorcycle with today's most advanced technology, Zero produces high performance electric motorcycles that are lightweight, efficient, fast off the line and fun to ride. Each motorcycle is optimized from the ground up to leverage the revolutionary Z-Force™ electric powertrain and uses a specially designed rigid, aircraft-grade aluminum frame to minimize weight. Once a burning idea conceived inside a Santa Cruz, California garage, Zero has rapidly grown into an internationally known motorcycle company. The result is groundbreaking motorcycle innovation that is available for customers to own today. Since 2006, when the first prototypes were produced, Zero has invited motorcyclists to go for a ride. Some things are better experienced than explained.

Monday, November 13Tour 3 will depart at 12:00pm from the IDTechEx Show! Registration Desk at the Santa Clara Convention Center. Transport will be provided. Each tour is expected to last approx. 3 hours and you will be returned back to the Santa Clara Convention Center at the end of the tour.

KateevaTour 1. Monday, November 13

You will tour Kateeva's Global Headquarters in Newark. The multi-building campus combines business operations, as well as development and manufacturing operations in one location. The tour begins with a brief overview of Kateeva and its inkjet printing manufacturing equipment solution. From there, visitors will view four core components of Kateeva's operations, outlined below. They'll leave with a good snapshot of the business of innovating and building a complex manufacturing equipment solution for OLED mass-production.

Tour highlights

Process Lab. A mini-fab with state-of-the-art tools that are used to create finished devices in which the charge transport and emitting layers are deposited by inkjet printing.

Ink Lab . Kateeva formulates inks for OLED thin film encapsulation and future additional applications at its HQ. A brief description of Kateeva's capabilities will be described.

Engineering Lab. This is where Kateeva's large-size inkjet printing system development is done. A description of the systems currently in the lab will be provided.

Manufacturing Floor . A basic description of the manufacturing tools will be given, and capabilities highlighted

Monday, November 13Tour 1 will depart at 12:30pm from the IDTechEx Show! Registration Desk at the Santa Clara Convention Center. Transport will be provided. Each tour is expected to last approx. 3 hours and you will be returned back to the Santa Clara Convention Center at the end of the tour.

Google, Apple and Intel's public spacesFriday 18 November

On the tour you will be taken to the Sunnyvale Technology Center, a global photovoltaic research center where DuPont will share their broader vision and latest developments in the realm of printed electronics.

Friday November 18 / 11.30am- 2.00pmDuring the break between the masterclasses, we will be meeting at 11.30 am at the registration desk in the Grand Ballroom Foyer. This will be clearly signposted.

DuPontFriday 18 November

On the tour you will be taken to the Sunnyvale Technology Center, a global photovoltaic research center where DuPont will share their broader vision and latest developments in the realm of printed electronics.